Friday, January 18, 2008

In Memoriam: Hadi Sebastian Winarta

I just got SHOCKING news from my brother. He said that my Dad's youngest brother was found dead at home. No wonder my mother couldn't contact him for days. She thought he was going on a vacation with his friends!!! Turned out he had been dead for around 4 days. He lived alone as he was never married. He was only 53 years old and he'd been pretty healthy.

I don't know the whole story yet, but I'm sure I'll hear about it later. I want to call my brother but I know he's probably busy preparing for the funeral and everything and my parents will be busy, too. So I'd better call later on after everything's done.

Well, he's resting in peace now. Goodbye, Uncle!!! You'll be missed!!! See you in heaven!

Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.Matthew 5:4

Weeping may remain for a night, but rejoicing comes in the morning.Psalm 30:5

He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away."Revelation 21:4

Kathy: Yeah, I just got another SMS from my brother. He said that his body was already starting to...you know...because he was found too late. :-((( I was shocked but now I'm OK. Hopefully my parents aren't too shocked.

Vince: THANK YOU for your kind words and prayers. Well, he used to work for years in Jakarta, but then after he retired, he moved back to Bandung. He retired about 1.5 years ago. Only then we began to talk more often. My Mom was really close to him. My Mom was his sparring partner in chit-chatting. :-))))

I know my Mom's gonna miss him so much.

My strongest memories were our conversations (when I was going to visit Finland for the first time and when I was going to get married) and when he gave me money once when he found out I was going to send my parents off to Singapore...he helped me raise more than half of the budget I had calculated, so I'm ALWAYS grateful to him for that.

Well, yeah, it is sad, but now he's got no more earthly burdens and at least he didn't get sick for months or something.